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Rural Homeless Is Real: What Can We Do About It? May 26-27, 2015 Executive Royal Inn, Leduc Alberta Have you registered yet? Earlybird closes on May 11, 2015 ARDN is hosting the Creating Rural Connections 2015 (CRC 2015) conference. This event will focus on issues surrounding rural homelessness and its relevance to Albertans, and provide …

As long as the rivers flow… Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Native Studies University of Alberta with Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta present the International Association for the Study of the Commons – 15th Biennial Global Conference Shaw Conference Centre May 25-29, 2015 Join in workshops, panel sessions, …

2015 International Opportunities Fund The Belmont Forum and JPI Climate have launched a call for funding pre-proposals on climate predictability and inter-regional linkages (drivers and mechanisms linking poles & monsoons for societal usefulness of climate services). This call aims to support medium-size research projects of 3 – 4 years’ duration, and recommends a budget of …

Summer Research Assistant Project Title: Rural Youth Engagement Initiative for Beaver County Posting Date – April 23, 2015 Closing Date – April 30, 2015 Hourly Rate – $14.83 Grade – 01 Hours – 35 hours per week This position is from May 4 – August 21, 2015 Under the supervision of the Director of the …

Wetaskiwin-Camrose Constituency Candidates’ Forum Monday April 27 at 7pm in the Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (Camrose, AB). Presented by Battle River School Division #31, Camrose Chamber of Commerce and the Battle River Teacher’s Local #32 with support from the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus and City of Camrose.

On April 13 from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) will host their sixth installment in the free Webinars for Thought Series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current …

Keep your eyes out for the “Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps” book set to be released from the University of Alberta Press on October 15, 2015. This first of its kind book was edited by Lars K. Hallstrom, Mary A. Beckie, Glen T. Hvenegaard, and Karsten Mündel of the …

On March 31st from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) will host their fifth installment in the free Webinars for Thought Series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current …

This webinar provides an overview of Québec’s approach to regional development from before confederation to the current period. We will focus on the establishment of the National Rural Policy in 2001 and its evolution since that period of time. Topics covered will include the institutional and cultural roots of the Rural Policy, its key features, …

On March 9th from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) will host their fourth installment in the free Webinars for Thought Series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current …

On February 24th from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) will host their third installment in the free Webinars for Thought Series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current …

Like many other provinces in Canada, and indeed comparable jurisdictions around the world, Albertan municipalities are increasingly faced with challenges that can be directly linked to their fiscal, policy and political relationships with the province. Even as the province develops and moves toward implementation of more integrated, regional and holistic strategies, municipal governments continue to …

On January 12th from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) will host our second free webinar in the Webinars for Thought series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current to …

On November 24th from 12 PM – 1 PM MST, the Battler River Alliance for Economic Development (BRAED) and Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC) formally launch a free webinar series. This series is meant to cut across a number of topic areas that are relevant and current to organizations and businesses in East Central Alberta and beyond, providing a new knowledge base and foundation of resources that can be accessed to improve the capacity to maintain a thriving economic and community base.

We are pleased to have Kristen Cummings as our first presenter. Kristen is an instructor with the Bachelor of Management Business Economics program at the University of Alberta – Augustana Campus and operates a successful consulting practice through which she serves as a speaker and trainer on demography, recruitment and retention, engagement and leadership.

The ACSRC invites you to “Community Vulnerability and Facility Siting”, a free public lecture (abstract below) by Dr. Joel Gehman on October 2, 2014 from 12 PM – 1 PM in the Dr. Roger Epp Conference Room

Dr. Hal Nelson (Research Associate Professor in the Division of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University) will be visiting the University of Alberta in September 2014. He will be giving two free public lectures on the North and Augustana Campuses on the Sustainable Energy Modeling Program (SEMPro), background for key SEMPro, LLC personnel, as well as their research agenda. Dr Nelson’s presentations will also explicate the design and results of the SEMPro decision support system for energy infrastructure siting. The software helps decision makers reduce infrastructure siting conflicts by identifying key concessions that project sponsors can make that reduce the negative impacts to local communities

Do You Have Knowledge or Expereince to Share? Become a Presenter! ARDN is looking for presenters for the Creating Rural Connections 2014 Event Series: Workforce Development on May 9 in Calgary.
Deadline for submissions – February 28 at 12pm.

Do You Have Knowledge or Expereince to Share? Become a Presenter! ARDN is looking for presenters for the Creating Rural Connections 2014 Event Series: Municipal Sustainability on May 26 in Edmonton. Deadline for submissions: March 7 at 12pm.